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Lincoln  Exhibit 


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Lincoln  Room,  Illinois  Building 


SESQUI-CENTENNIAL  EXPOSITION 

PHILADELPHIA 

1926 


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Lincoln  Exhibit 


Illinois  State  Historical  Library 

Lincoln  Room,  Illinois  Building 


SESQUI-CENTENNIAL  EXPOSITION 

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1926 


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"ILLINOIS" 

STATE  OFFICERS. 

Governor Len  Small 

Lieutenant  Governor Fred  E.  Sterling 

Secretary  of  State Louis  L.  Emmerson 

Auditor  of  Public  Accounts Oscar  Nelson 

State  Treasurer Omer  N.  Custer 

Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction Francis  G.  Blair 

Attorney  General Oscar  E.  Carlstrom 


SECRETARY 


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CHAIRMAN 


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"ILLINOIS" 

ILLINOIS  SESQUI-CENTENNIAL  COMMISSION. 

Hon.  Len  Small,  Governor 

Hon.  James  H.  Forrester,  Chairman 
Taylorville,  Illinois 

Hon.  Randolph  Royd,  Secretary 
Galva,  Illinois 

Hon.  a.  Otis  Arnold 
Qtiincy,  Illinois 

Hon.  Edward  Hines 
Chicago,  Illinois 

Hon.  Joseph  P.  Meyers 
Freeport,  Illinois 


"ILLINOIS" 

ILLINOIS   STATE   HISTORICAL   LIBRARY. 

Board  of  Trustees 

President Dr.  Otto  L.  Schmidt,  Chicago 

Vice  President Dr.  Charles  H.  Rammelkamp,  -Jacksonville 

Secretary Prof.  Laurence  ]\L  Larson,  Urbana 

Acting  Librarian -^1  iss  Georgia  L.  Osborne 


PREFATORY  NOTE. 

This  little  booklet  or  guide  to  the  exhibit  in  the  Lincoln  Room, 
Illinois  Building,  Sesqui-Centennial  Exposition,  Philadelphia,  is  pre- 
pared with  the  idea  of  aiding  the  visitor  to  locate  the  letters,  legal  docu- 
ments, pictures,  books,  cartoons,  music,  relics,  etc.,  in  the  exhibit. 

The  pictures  on  the  wall  are  numbered  and  a  corresponding  num- 
ber will  be  found  in  the  booklet  giving  the  name  of  artist  or  engraver. 
The  flat  wall  cases  depicting  the  life  of  Lincoln  are  chronologically- 
arranged,  as  follows,  Ancestry  of  Lincoln,  Youth  of  Lincoln,  Lincoln 
at  New  Salem,  etc. 

The  floor  cases  contain  cartoons.  Civil  War  envelopes,  legal  docu- 
ments, letters,  music,  medals  and  relics.  These  you  will  find  in  the 
booklet  under  their  various  heads. 

The  Illinois  State  Historical  Library  at  Springfield,  Illinois,  has 
in  its  Lincoln  Collection  3,500  volumes  on  Lincoln,  one  hundred  of 
these  in  foreign  languages ;  this  does  not  include  books  on  the  Civil 
War. 

The  original  letters,  legal  documents,  etc.,  are  reproduced  for  this 
exhibit,  and  many  of  the  best  known  works  on  the  life  of  Lincoln  are 
displayed. 

We  are  indebted  to  Harvard  University,  Cambridge,  Mass. ; 
Brown  University,  Providence,  R.  I.;  Library  of  Congress;  The  Chi- 
cago Historical  Society ;  The  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  Memorial 
Hall,  Chicago,  Mr.  C.  E.  Vaugh,  Custodian ;  The  McLean  County  His- 
torical Society,  Bloomington,  111. ;  Mr.  Edward  G.  Miner,  Rochester, 
N.  Y. ;  Mr.  William  E.  Townsend  of  Lexington,  Ky. ;  Mr.  Oliver  H. 
Barrett  of  Chicago ;  Mr.  Alexander  W.  Hannah,  Kenilworth,  111. ;  Mr. 
H.  W.  Fay,  Custodian,  Lincoln  Monument,  Springfield ;  The  Lincoln 
Centennial  Association,  Mr.  Paul  M.  Angle,  Secretary ;  Hon.  Logan 
Hay,  Springfield,  111. ;  Mr.  Edward  W.  Payne,  Springfield,  111. ;  Mr. 
William  Patterson,  Chicago ;  Mrs.  Walter  L.  Patteson,  Springfield, 
ill.;  Mr.  G.  W.  Morton  of  Beardstown,  111.;  Mr.  J.  C.  Thompson  of 
Springfield,  111. ;  and  many  other  Lincoln  collectors  for  their  generous 
aid  in  allowing  their  documents,  letters,  pictures,  etc.,  to  be  reproduced 
and  shown  to  add  to  the  interest  of  the  exhibit. 

Georgia  L.  Osborne, 
Acting  Librarian,  Illinois  State  Historical  Library. 


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PICTORIAL  AND   MANUSCRIPT   LIFE  OF  LINCOLN. 

In  flat  wall  cases  read  as  follows : 

1.  Ancestry  of  Lincoln. 

2.  Youth  of  Lincoln. 

3.  Lincoln  at  New  Salem. 

4.  Lincoln  the  Surveyor. 

5.  Lincoln  in  the  Black  Hawk  War. 

6.  Marriage  and  Domestic  Life  of  Abraham  Lincoln. 

7.  Lincoln  the  Lawyer. 

8.  Lincoln,  Member  of  Congress. 

9.  The  Anti-Nebraska  Movement. 

10.  Lincoln-Douglas  Debates. 

11.  Lincoln  and  the  Campaign  of  1860. 

12.  Lincoln  the  President. 

13.  Lincoln  and  the  War  between  the  States. 

14.  Assassination  and  Death  of  Lincoln. 

15.  Some  Letters  of  Mr.  Lincoln  prior  to  1860. 

"BROWNING  DIARY." 

Two  flat  wall  cases,  extracts  from  the  Diary  of  Orville  H.  Brown- 
ing.   Diary  soon  to  be  published  by  the  Illinois  State  Historical  Library. 

ABRAHAM  LINCOLN. 

Important  Books  on  Lincoln. 
Arnold,  Isaac  N.     The  History  of  Abraham  Lincoln  and  the  Over- 
throw of  Slavery.     Chicago,  Clarke  &  Co.,  1866. 
Bacheller,    Irving  A.     A   Man    for   the   Ages.     Indianapolis,    Bobbs- 

Merrill  Co.,  1919. 
Barton,  William  E.     The  Life  of  Abraham  Lincoln.     2  vol.,  Indian- 

apohs,  Bobbs-Merrill  Co.,  1925. 
Chapman,   Ervin.     Latest   Light   on   Abraham    Lincoln.     New   York, 

Fleming  H.  Revell,  1917. 
Charnwood,    Lord    G.    R.    B.     Abraham    Lincoln.     2d   edition.     New 

York,  Henry  Holt,  1917. 
Herndon,  William  H.     Herndon's  Lincoln.     3  vol.     Original  edition. 

Chicago,  Belford-Clarke  Co.,  1890. 
Herndon  &  Weik.     Abraham  Lincoln.     2  vol.     New  York,  Appleton, 

1892. 
Hill,  Frederick  T,     Lincoln,  the  Lawyer.     New  York,   Century   Co., 

1906. 


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Holland,  John  G.     The  Life  of  Abraham  Lincoln.     Springfield,  Mass., 

Gurdon  Bill,  1866. 
Keckley,  Elizabeth.     Behind  the  Scenes.     New  York,  Carleton  &  Co., 

1868. 
Lamon,  Ward  H.     The  Life  of  Abraham  Lincoln.     Boston,  Osgood  & 

Co.,  1872. 
Lea  &  Hutchinson.     The  Ancestry  of  Abraham  Lincoln.     Boston  and 

New  York,  Houghton  Mifflin,  1909. 
Political  debates  between  Hon.  Abraham  Lincoln  and  Hon.  Stephen  A. 

Douglas.     Columbus.  Follett,  Foster  &  Co.,  1860. 
Richards,  John  T.     Abraham  Lincoln,  the  Lawyer-Statesman.    Boston 

and  New  York,  Houghton  Mifflin,  1916. 
Schurz,  Carl.     Abraham  Lincoln,  With  an  Essay  on  the  Portraits  of 

Lincoln  by  Truman  H.  Bartlett.     Boston  and  New  York,  Hough- 
ton Mifflin,  1907. 
Sparks,     Edwin     E.     Lincoln-Douglas     Debates.     Springfield,  Illinois 

State  Historical  Library,  1908. 
Stephenson,    Nathaniel    W.     Abraham  Lincoln  and  the  Union.     New 

Haven,  Yale  University  Press,  1918. 
Tarbell,  Ida  M.     The  Life  of  Abraham  Lincoln.     2  vols.     New  York, 

Doubleday  &  McClure,  1900. 

EDITIONS  DE  LUXE  ISSUED  BY  THE  LINCOLN 
CENTENNIAL  ASSOCIATION. 

Speeches  of  Abraham  Lincoln. 

Lincoln  the  Lawyer.    By  Frederick  Trevor  Hill. 

Lincoln,  Master  of  Men.    By  Alonzo  Rothschild. 

Life  of  Lincoln.    By  Wayne  Whipple. 

Lincoln,  1809-1909. 

The  Lincoln  Year  Book.     G.  T.  Hobson. 

Lincoln  Centennial  Association  Papers.     2  vol.     1924-5. 

BOOKS   IN   FOREIGN   LANGUAGES. 

Chinese. 

French.     Arnaud.     Paris,  1865. 

French.     Bungener.     Lausanne,  1865. 

French.     Laugel.     1865. 

French.     Pascal.     Paris,  1865. 

German.     Abraham  Lincoln,  von  Dr.   Max  Lange.     Leipzig,   1866. 

German.     Abraham  Lincoln.     Hofifman,  Breslau. 

German.     Addresses    at    Lincoln    Memorial    in    Berlin.     1865.     J.  J. 

Sturz. 
Hebrew.     Kamansi. 
Hebrew.     A.  Kamehckaro. 
Greek.     Translation  of  "The  Pioneer  Boy",  by  William  M.  Thayer 

Title  transliterated  from  the  Greek  characters. 
Hawaiian.     Ke  Keiki  Paionia :  or.  Pioneer  Boy.     Samuel  C.  Andrews. 
Italian.     Abramo  Lincoln.     A.  Agresti,  Genova,  1913. 
Italian.     Abramo  Lincoln.     Firenze,  1866. 


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Italian.     Abramo  Lincoln.     By  H.  Nelson  Gay. 

Japanese.     Abraham  Lincoln.     K.  Ajegami. 

Japanese.     By  Joseph  Choate. 

Japanese.     Abraham  Lincoln.     Matsumura,  1908. 

Norwegian.     Abraham  Lincoln.     Article  on,  by  Halvdan  Koht. 

Portugese.  Abraham  Lincoln.  Jose  Manoel  Da  Conceicao,  Rio  de 
Janeiro. 

Russian.  Abraham  Lincoln.  Wilhelm  Hoffman.  St.  Petersburg, 
Moscow. 

Spanish.     Abraham  Lincoln.     D.  F.  Sarmiento. 

Spanish.  Abraham  Lincoln.  Montaner  Y.  Simon,  editors.  Bar- 
celona. 

Spanish.     Abraham  Lincoln.     Joualt.     Barcelona,  1S7G. 

Swedish.     Abraham  Lincoln.     By  Termansen. 

Swedish.     Abraham  Lincoln.     Koren. 

Welsh.  Abraham  Lincoln.  Hanes  y  gwrthryfel  mawr.  Jones  and 
Morris. 

Welsh.     Abraham  Lincoln.     Hanes  bywyd.     Pottsville,  Pa.,  1860. 

Yiddish.     Abraham  Lincoln,  the  seer.     E.  Hertz. 

CARTOONS. 

In  floor  case. 

"The  Last  Ditch  of  the  Chivalry,  or  a  President  in  Petticoats."  1865. 
Currier  and  Ives,  New  York. 

"Your  Plan  and  Mine."     Pub.  by  Currier  and  Ives,  New  York.     n.d. 

"Storming  the  Castle."  "Old  Abe"  on  guard.  Currier  and  Ives, 
New  York. 

"Abraham's  Dream."  "Coming  Events  cast  Their  Shadows  Before." 
Currier  and  Ives,  New  York. 

"Running  the  'Machine'  ".     Currier  and  Ives,  New  York. 

"Political  'Blondins'  Crossing  Salt  River."  Currier  and  Ives,  New 
York. 

"Perilous  Escape  of  Eliza  and  Child."  (Scenes  from  Uncle  Tom's 
Cabin.  No.  1)    Tinted. 

''The  Great  Exhibition  of  1860."     Currier  and  Ives,  New  York. 

"Taking  the  Stump"  or  "Stephen  in  search  of  his  mother."  Currier 
and  Ives,  New  York,  1860. 

"Virginia  Paws-ing".  (Uncle  Abe-cat.  States-mice.)  Crehen,  Rich- 
mond, Va. 

"Progressive  Democracy — Prospect  of  a  Smash  Up."  Currier  and 
Ives,  New  York. 

"The  National  Game.  Three  'Outs'  and  one  'Run'  ".  Abraham  win- 
ning the  ball.     Currier  and  Ives,  New  York.     1860. 

"Lincoln  in  Caricature".  By  Rufus  Rockwell  Wilson.  Printed  for 
private  distribution.     1903. 

Lincoln.  Standing  by  a  drum  with  horn  and  drumsticks  on  top.  Has 
three  pointed  "affair"  on  head. 

Lincoln  and  Butler  speaking.  "Hello  !  Abe  is  that  you  ?  Glad  to  see 
you !"  etc. 


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1832  Democracy  18G4.     Calhoun,  Jackson,  Jeff,  Little  Mac. 

Jeff's  Last  Skedaddle.     Off  to  the  last  ditch. 

The  End  of  the  Rebellion.     Jeff'  Davis Horace 


The  great  Presidential  Sweepstakes  of  185().     Free  for  all  ages,  "go 

as  they  please." 
The  great  American  buckhunt  of  1856. 
John  Brown  exhibiting  his  hangman. 
"Mac"  the  giant  killer. 
Fm  not  to  blame  for  being  white,  Sir. 
Death  of  Uncle  Tom.     Colors. 

The  Sportsman  upset  by  the  Recoil  of  his  own  Gun. 
Uncle  Sam's  Menagerie. 
Diogenes  his  lantern  needs  no  more,  an  honest  man  is  found !     The 

search  is  o'er. 
Theory.  Practice.  Eft'ect. 

Bickley.  Booth.  The  Martyr  President. 

First  meeting  of  Uncle  Tom  and  Eva.     Colors. 

1.  Portrait  of  "Jeff'  Davis"  in  his  wife's  clothes. 

2.  Colors.     Flag  Picture — "The  day  is  ours !" 
Col.  Jefferson  Davis  picture  on  back. 

An  heir  to  the  throne  or  the  next  republican  candidate. 

The  political  "Siamese"  Twins. 

"The  Impending  Crisis"  or  Caught  in  the  act. 

A  literary  debate  in  the  darktown  Club.    The  Question  settled.    Colors. 

The  Peninsular  campaign.     (McClellan  speaking,  etc.) 

The  first  of  May,  1865  or  General  moving  day  in  Richmond,  Va.  Col- 
ors. 

The  Capture  of  an  unprotected  female  or  the  close  of  the  Rebellion. 

"The  last  ditch."  (Scene,  private  apartment,  fashionable  hotel,  Lon- 
don.) 

Foraging. 

The  Coffee  Call. 

A  Pass  Time.      (Cavalry  rest) 

Our  Jolly  Cook. 

Republican  Platform  or  the  Political  Mountebank. 

Professor  Pompey  magnetizing  an  Abolition  lady.     Colors. 

Lothario  Logan.  He  can't  reach  her  with  such  a  ladder  as  this.  Col- 
ors. 

Little  Mac  trying  to  dig  his  way  to  the  White  House,  but  is  fright- 
ened by  spiritual  manifestations. 

The  Gunboat  Candidate.     At  the  battle  of  Malvern  Hill. 

LEGAL  DOCUMENTS. 

Marriage  Bond  of  Thomas  Lincoln  and  Mrs.  Sarah  Bush  Johnston. 

Dated  December  2,  1819. 

See  case  "Youth  of  Lincoln." 
Divorce   case   of    Mary    Shelby   and    Mack    Shelby    (a   gentleman    of 

colour).     In   Abraham    Lincoln's   handwriting.      Dated    1827. 

Original  owned  by  Mr.  Frank  R.  Fisher,  Springfield,  111. 

See  floor  case. 


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Received  of   C.  R.   Matheny,   Clerk,   $10.00  deposited   by   me  at   last 

term  of  county  court  on  application  for  a  road,  June  3rd,  1834. 

Signed  by  Abraham  Lincoln. 

See  case  "Lincoln  the  Surveyor." 
Marriage  in  New  Salem,  111.,  May  16,  1835.     Abraham  Lincoln  wit- 
ness. 

See  case  "Youth  of  Lincoln." 
Legal  papers  in  a  suit  for  debt  against  Thomas  Lincoln.     Dated  1836. 

See  case  "Youth  of  Lincoln." 
Document  entirely  in  the  autograph  of  Lincoln,  signed  by  Mary  and 

Richard  Anderson,  in  relation  to  an  estate,  May  26,  1837. 

See  fioor  case. 
Thomas   Cassiday,   defendant.     Answer  to   bill   of   complaint   against 

Joseph  C.  Foster.    Aug.  28,  1837,    Signed  by  Stuart  and  Lincoln. 

See  floor  case. 
Peter  Van  Bergen  vs.  Thomas  Neale,  Sept.  22,  1838.    Signed  by  Stuart 

and  Lincoln. 

See  floor  case. 
Henry   F.   Luckett   vs.   Daniel   Ruckel.     June   28,    1839.      Signed   by 

Stuart  and  Lincoln. 

See  floor  case. 
John  M.  Hurt  vs.  Reuben  Winters.     July,  1839.     Signed  by  Stuart 

and  Lincoln. 

See  floor  case. 
David  Spear,  defendant  in  suit,  March  20,  1840.     Li  Lincoln's  hand- 
writing. 

See  floor  case. 
Elijah  lies,  plaintifT,  vs.  Cornelius   S.  Lyman  and  C.  Lyman.     July, 

1840.  Signed  by  Stuart  and  Lincoln. 
See  floor  case. 

William  Popejoy,  Jr.,  vs.  Isaac  Wilson.     Declaration,  Aug.  4,   1840. 

Signed  by  Stuart  and  Lincoln, 

See  floor  case. 
Receipt  of  Abraham  Lincoln  to  Josiah  Francis  Yates,  dated  June  12, 

1841.  Original  owned  by   Hon.   Logan   Hay,  Springfield,   111. 
See  floor  case. 

Lincoln's  affidavit  executed  Aug.  10,  1841,  concerning  a  place  of  resi- 
dence.    In  Lincoln's  handwriting. 

See  floor  case. 
Lincoln's   affidavit  executed   Aug.  10,   1841,  in  connection  with   a 

divorce  suit  tried  in  Springfield,  111.    In  Lincoln's  handwriting. 

See  floor  case. 
Deed  for  land  in  Coles  Co.,  111.  assigning  it  to  Abraham  Lincoln 

by    his    father,    Thomas    Lincoln,    and    his    step-mother,    Sarah 

Bush    Johnston    Lincoln.      Dated   Oct.   25,   1841.     Original   in 

G.  A.  R.  Memorial  Hall,  Chicago,  111. 

See  floor  case. 
James  Maxcy  vs.  S.  G.  Jones,  March,  1842.     Signed  by  Logan  and 

Lincoln.     The  whole  in  Lincoln's  handwriting. 

See  floor  case. 


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Marriage  license  and  clergyman's  return  of  the  marriage,  Nov.  4, 
1842,  of  Abraham  Lincoln  and  Mary  Todd,  Rev.  Charles  Dres- 
ser, officiating  clergyman. 
See  case  "Marriage  and  Domestic  Life  of  Abraham  Lincoln." 

Wyckolt  and  Forrest.    Decision  Abraham  Lincoln.     Dated  Tuly  3, 
1843. 
See  floor  case. 

Robert  S.  Todd  vs.  Nathaniel  A.  Ware,  Sangamon  County  Circuit 
Court,  Dec.   9,  1843.     Signed  by   Logan  and   Lincoln.     From 
Judd  Stewart  Collection. 
See  floor  case. 

David  Spear  vs.  William  Lowry.    Replevin.    Dec.  IS,  1843.    Signed 
by  Stuart  and  Lincoln. 
See  floor  case. 

Henry  Dresser  vs.  Dorothea  Grant.     Signed  by  Logan  and   Lin- 
coln.    1844. 
See  case  "Lincoln  the  Law3'er." 

Bill  of  sale,  transferring  title  and  interest  to  Francis  Regmer,  ob- 
tained in  the  Morgan  County  Circuit  Court,  1844.     Signed  by 
Abraham  Lincoln.     Original  in  G.  A.  R.  Memorial  Hall,  Chi- 
cago, 111. 
See  floor  case. 

Lease,   Lincoln   Home,  signed  by   Charles   Dresser   and  Abraham 
Lincoln.    Dated  Jan.  11,  1844.     Original  owned  by  Mrs.  Kath- 
erine  Dresser  White,  Springfield,  111. 
See  floor  case. 

William  Lowry  vs.  David  Spear,  March,  1844.     Signed  by  Logan 
and  Lincoln.     In  Lincoln's  handwriting. 
See  floor  case. 

Account  rendered  to  heirs  of  Payne.     1844-1850. 
See  case  "Lincoln  the  Lawyer." 

A  suit   for   slander   tried  by  Abraham    Lincoln   in    Coles   County, 
111.,  May,  1845. 
See  floor  case. 

Lease,   Lincoln   Home,   Springfield,   111.     Cornelius   Ludham,   Oct. 

23,    1847.      Document    in     Lincoln's     handwriting.       Original 

owned  by  Thomas  Condell,  Springfield,  111. 

See  floor  case. 
Harriet  Neale  vs.  Isaac  S.  Button.     Signed  by  Lincoln  and  Hern-- 

don,  1850. 

See  case  "Lincoln  the  Lawyer." 

Case  tried  by  A.  Lincoln  at  Tazewell  County,  111.,  April  9,  1850. 
From  Otto  L.  Schmidt  Collection,  Chicago,  111. 
See  floor  case. 

Lincoln's  affidavit  executed  May  29,  1851,  with  regard  to  the  pub- 
lishing of  a   newspaper   in   Macon   County,  111.     In   Lincoln's 
handwriting. 
See  floor  case. 


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An  arbitration  over  the  ownership  of  five  gallons  of  peach  brandy 
conducted   by   Mr.    Lincoln   and  James   Haines   in   Tazewell 
County,  111.,  in  1852,     The  last  three  lines  being  the  award, 
are  signed  by  and  in  the  handwriting  of  Lincoln, 
See  floor  case. 

Letter  of  A.  Lincoln  to  his  local  attorney  about  the  case  of  Old- 
ham, Todd  and  Co.     Dated  May  27,  1853.     Original  owned  by 
Wm.  H.  Townsend,  Lexington,  Ky. 
See  floor  case. 

Letter  of  A,  Lincoln  to  Geo.  B.  Kinkead.     Dated  July  6,  1853,  re- 
lating to  the  case  of  Oldham,  Todd  and  Co.     Original  owned 
by  Wm.  H.  Townsend,  Lexington,  Ky. 
See  floor  case. 

Lincoln's  answer  in  the  case  of  Oldham,  Todd  and  Co.  vs.  A.  Lin- 
coln, et  al.,  in  which  Lincoln's  integrity  was  assailed  for  the 
first  and  only  time.  This  document  probably  meant  more 
to  Lincoln  personally  than  any  other  paper  he  ever  wrote. 
Sept.  23,  1853.  Original  owned  by  Wm.  H.  Townsend,  Lex- 
ington, Ky. 
See  floor  case. 

Notice  to  take  depositions  in  same  case.     Sept.  23,  1853.     Original 
owned  by  Wm.  H.  Townsend,  Lexington,  Ky. 
See  floor  case. 

Legal  opinion  of  Abraham  Lincoln.     Dec.  18,  1854. 
See   case   "Lincoln  the   Lawyer." 

Certificate  as  to  fee  in  Chicago  Illinois  Central  Railroad   case  of 
Mr.   Lincoln,  by  members  of  Illinois  Bar,  1855. 
See  case  "Lincoln  the  Lawyer." 

Fac-simile  of  an  opinion  regarding  Illinois  Central  Railroad  Lands, 
written  by   Mr.   Lincoln.     March,   1856. 
See  floor  case. 

Remington  K.  Webster  vs.  Geo.  M.  Angell  and  Geo.  A.  Rhodes. 
Award  by  A.  Lincoln,  John  T.  Stuart  and  David  Davis.     In 
Lincoln's  handwriting.     April  5,  1856. 
See  floor  case. 

Receipt   of  Abraham    Lincoln   to   Joshua    F.   Amos,   administrator 
of  the  estate  of  Nathaniel  Hay.     Dated  May  16,  1857.     Orig- 
inal owned  by  Hon.  Logan  Hay,  Springfield,  111. 
See  floor  case. 

Armstrong  Trial.     Instruction  to  Jury,  1858. 
See  case  "Lincoln  the  Lawyer." 

Will   of  John   Franklin,   Sr.     Dated   Dec.   30,   1858.      In   Lincoln's 
handwriting  and  signed  by  him. 
See  floor  case. 

Opinion  of  Mr.  Lincoln  dated  Jan.  6,  1859. 
See  floor  case. 

Appointment  of  James  A.  Kennedy  of  Washington,  Justice  of  the 
Peace.     Signed  bv  Abraham  Lincoln,  June  19,  1861.     Original 
in  the  G.  A.  R.  Memorial  Hall,  Chicago,  111. 
See  floor  case. 


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New  Salem.     Bond  of  Lincoln,  Berry  and  Green  to  keep  a  tavern. 

No  date. 

See  case  "Lincoln  at  New  Salem." 
Opinion  of  Mr.  Lincoln  in  relation  to  a  disputed  boundary  line  be- 
tween two  farms.     No  date. 

See  case  "Lincoln  the  Surveyor." 
Lincoln's  notation  upon  taking  over  the  Stuart-Lincoln  Office  when 

Stuart  went  to  Congress.     No  date. 

See  case  "Lincoln  the  Lawyer." 
Receipt  for  fees  in  cases  which  Lincoln  tried  at  Danville.    No  date. 

See  case  "Lincoln  the  Lawyer." 
A  sample  of  Lincoln's  bookkeeping.     No  date. 

See  case  "Lincoln  the  Lawyer." 
Legal  paper.     Signed  by  Stuart  and  Lincoln.     No  date. 

See  case  "Lincoln  the  Lawyer." 
Praecipi   in   case   of  Abraham    Lincoln   vs.    Illinois    Central    Rail- 
road Co.    No  date. 

See  case  "Lincoln  the  Lawyer." 
Bill  of  Complaint  in  suit  which  Lincoln  brought  against  the  Illi- 
nois Central  Railroad  Company  for  a  $5,000  fee.     No  date. 

See  case  "Lincoln  the  Lawyer." 
Draft  for  retaining  fee  of  $250  paid  to  Mr.  Lincoln  by  the  Illinois 

Central  Railroad  Company.     No  date. 

See  case  "Lincoln  the  Lawyer." 
Reply  of  the  Defendant  in  the  case  of  Frederick  and  Enwell  Ing- 

wersen    against    William    Tinney.      Signed    by    Lincoln    and 

Herndon.     No  date. 

See  floor  case. 
Bill  for  divorce.     Lucy  Matthews  vs.  Josiah  Matthews.     Signed  by 

David  Davis.     In  Lincoln's  handwriting.     No  date. 

See  floor  case. 
Court's   instructions   to   the   Jury.     Armstrong   Murder   case.      In 

Lincoln's  handwriting.     No  date. 

See  floor  case. 
Morris  S.  Wattles  ads.  Joel  Johnson.     Signed  by  Stuart  and  Lin- 
coln.    No  date. 

See  floor  case. 
A  motion  of  arrest  in  judgment  in  case  of  William  Fraim  ads.  the 

people.     In  Lincoln's  handwriting.     No  date.     Original  owned 

by  Thomas  Dunn,  Carthage,  111. 

See  floor  case. 

LETTERS   OF  ABRAHAM   LINCOLN. 

A.  Lincoln  to  George  Spears.     Dated  New  Salem,  July  1,  1834. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Blair  and  Rives.     Dated  New  Salem,  Nov.  3.  1835. 

See  case  "Lincoln  at  New  Salem." 
A.  Lincoln  to  Levi  Davis,  Esq.     Dated  New  Salem,  April  4,  1836, 

See  case  "Lincoln  at  New  Salem." 


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A.  Lincoln  to  Col.  Robert  Allen.     Dated  New  Salem,  June  21,  1836. 

See  case  "Lincoln  at  New  Salem." 
A.  Lincoln  to  John  Bennett,  Esq.     Dated  Springfield,  Aug.  5,  1837. 

Original  owned  by  Homer  J.  Tice,  Greenview,  111. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Mary  Owen.     Dated  Springfield,  May  7,  1837. 

See  case  "Marriage  and  Domestic  Life  of  Abraham  Lincoln." 
A.  Lincoln  to  Mary  Owen.     Dated  Springfield,  Aug.  16,  1837. 

See  case  "Some  Letters  of  Mr.  Lincoln  prior  to  1860." 
A.  Lincoln  to  John    T.    Stuart.     Dated    Springfield,    Dec.    33,    1839. 

Original  owned  by  the  children  of   Mr.   Stuart  Brown,  who  are 

grandchildren  of  Major  John  T.  Stuart. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  John  T.  Stuart.     Dated  Springfield,  Jan.  1,  1840.      (In- 
complete.)    Original  owned  by  the  children  of  Mr.  Stuart  Brown, 

who  are  grandchildren  of  Major  John  T.  Stuart. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  John  T.   Stuart.     Dated   Springfield,   March   26,   1840. 

Original  owned  by  the  children  of   Mr.   Stuart  Brown,  who  are 

grandchildren  of  Major  John  T.  Stuart. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  John    T.    Stuart.     Dated    Springfield,    Jan.    20,    1841. 

Original  owned  by  Hon.  Logan  Hay. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  John    T.    Stuart.     Dated    Springfield,    Jan.    23,    1841. 

Original  owned  by  the  children  of  Mr.   Stuart  Brown,  who  are 

grandchildren  of  Major  John  T.  Stuart. 

See  case  "Some  Letters  of  Mr.  Lincoln  prior  to  1860." 
A.  Lincoln  to  Samuel    Marshall,    Shawneetown.     Dated    Springfield, 

Nov.  11,  1842.    Original  owned  by  the  Chicago  Historical  Society. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Alden  Hull  of  Pekin,  Illinois.     Dated  Springfield,  Feb. 

14,  1843. 

See  case  "Some  Letters  of  Mr.  Lincoln  prior  to  1860." 
A.  Lincoln  to  John  Bennett,  Esq.     Dated  Springfield,  March  7,  1843. 

Original  owned  by  Homer  J.  Tice,  Greenview,  111. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  John  McNamar,  concerning  a  letter  which  Mr.  Lincoln 

had  received  from  Josiah  L.  James,  dated  Tremont,  Nov.  3,  1843. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Rowland,   Smith   &   Co.     Dated   Springfield,   April   24, 

1844.     Signed  Logan  and  Lincoln,  in  Mr.  Lincoln's  handwriting. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  H.  M.  Vandeveer.     Dated  Springfield.  April  28,  1844. 

Original  in  the  office  of  Circuit  Clerk,  Christian  County,  Taylor- 

ville,  Illinois. 

See  floor  case. 
.\.  Lincoln  to  John  Bennett,  Esq.     Dated  Springfield,  Jan.  15,  1846. 

Original  owned  by  Homer  J.  Tice,  Greenview,  111. 

See  floor  case. 


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A.  Lincoln  to  John  Bennett,  Esq.     Dated  Springfield,  Jan.  16,  1846. 

Original  owned  by  Homer  J.  Tice,  Greenview,  111. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Orville  H.  Browning.    Dated  Springfield,  June  24,  1847. 

See  case  "Lincoln  Member  of  Congress." 
A.  Lincoln  to  Messrs.  Morris  and  Brown.     Dated   Springfield,   Oct. 

19,  1847. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Messrs.   IMorris  and   Brown.     Dated   Springfield,   Oct. 

21,  1847.    Original  in  G.  A.  R.  Memorial  Hall,  Chicago,  111. 
See  floor  case. 

A.  Lincoln  to  Wm.  H.  Herndon.     Dated  Washington,  Feb.  15,  1848. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Benj.    Kellogg.     Dated    Washington.    April    21,    1848. 

Original  owned  by  Frank  W.  Brown,  Peoria,  111. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Mrs.  Lincoln.     Dated  Washington,  July  2,  1848. 

Original  owned  by  Mr.  Alexander  W.  Hannah,  Kenilworth,  111. 

See  case  "Lincoln  Member  of  Congress." 
A.  Lincoln  to  S.  A.  Hurlbut.     Dated  \\^ishington,  July  10,  1848. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  his  father,  Thomas  Lincoln.     Dated  Washington,  Dec. 

24,  1848. 

See  case  "Some  Letters  of  Mr.  Lincoln  prior  to  1800." 
A.  Lincoln  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior.     Dated  Washington.  Jan. 

22,  1849. 

See  case  "Lincoln  Member  of  Congress." 
A.  Lincoln  to  C.  R.  Welles,  Esq.     Dated  Washington,  Feb.  20,  1849. 

See  case  "Lincoln  Member  of  Congress." 
A.  Lincoln  to  Hon.    Joseph    Gillespie.     Dated    Springfield,    July    13, 

1849. 

See  case  "Lincoln  Member  of  Congress." 
A.  Lincoln  to  Hon.  J.  M.  Clayton.     Dated  Springfield.  Sept.  27,  1849. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Orville  H.  Browning.     Dated  Springfield,  Jan.  29,  1850. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  S.  Emmons,  Esq.     Dated  Springfield,  Feb.  9,  1850. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Dr.  W.  Fithian.     Dated  Springfield,  Feb.  16,  1850. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Nathaniel    Hay.     Dated    Springfield,    June    IL    1850. 

Original  owned  by  Hon.  Logan  Hay. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  John  Addison,  Esq.     Dated  Springfield,  Sept.  9,  1850. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  D.  A.  Smith,  Esq.     Dated  Springfield.  Feb.  20.   1851. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  D.  A.  Smith,  Esq.     Dated  Springfield,  March  28,  1851. 

See  floor  case. 


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A.  Lincoln  to  Mr.  Brayman,  Esq.     Dated  Pekin,  Illinois,  Oct.  3.  1853. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  H.  E.  Dummer,  Esq.     Dated  Springfield,  Dec.  26,  1853. 

Original  owned  by  the  Chicago  Historical  Society. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Hon.  John  Marshall.     Dated  Springfield,  Feb.  8,  1854. 

Original  owned  by  the  Chicago  Historical  Society. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  A.  B.  Morean,  Esq.     Dated  Springfield,  Sept.  7,  1854. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Hon.    John    M.    Palmer.     Dated    Springfield,    Sept.    7, 

1854.  (Marked 'Confidential.) 

See  case  "The  Anti-Nebraska  Movement." 
A.  Lincoln  to  Hon.    John    M.    Palmer.     Dated    Springfield,    Sept.    7, 

1854. 

See  case  "Some  Letters  of  Mr.  Lincoln  prior  to  1860." 
A.  Lincoln  to  Hon.   Orville   H.   Browning.     Dated   Springfield,   Nov. 

12,  1854. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Hon.  Leonard  Swett.    Dated  Springfield,  Dec.  17,  1854. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  H.   E.    Dummer,   Esq.     Dated   Springfield.    March    19, 

1855.  Original  owned  by  the  Chicago  Historical  Society. 
See  floor  case. 

A.  Lincoln  to  Mr.  Harding.     Dated  Danville,  May  25,  1855. 

See  case  "Some  Letters  of  Mr.  Lincoln  prior  to  1860." 
A.  Lincoln  to  H.  C.  Whitney.     Dated  Springfield,  June  7,  1855. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  A.  L.  Brewer,  Esq.     Dated  Springfield,  Nov.  5,  1855. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  G.  A.  Miles.     Dated  Springfield,  Feb.  17,  1856. 

See  case  "Lincoln  the  Lawver." 
A.  Lincoln  to  H.  C.  Whitney. '  Dated  Springfield,  July  9,  1856. 

See  case  "The  Anti-Nebraska  Movement." 
A.  Lincoln  to  Hon.  John  M.  Palmer.  Dated  Springfield,  Aug.  1.  1856. 

See  case  "The  Anti-Nebraska  Movement." 
A.  Lincoln  to  Harrison  Maltby.     Dated  Springfield,  Sept.  8,  1856. 

See  case  "The  xA.nti-Nebraska  Movement." 
A.  Lincoln  to  Rev.    J-   M.    Sturtevant.     Dated    Springfield,    Sept.   27, 

1856. 

See  case  "The  Anti-Nebraska  Movement." 
A.  Lincoln  to  Col.  James  Patton.     Dated  Springfield,  Sept.  29,  1856. 

See  case  "The  Anti-Nebraska  Movement." 
A.  Lincoln  to  Hon.  J.  K.  Dubois.     Dated  Springfield,  April  1,  1857. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Dr.  B.  C.  Lundy.     Dated  Springfield,  Aug.  5,  1857. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Samuel  Briggs,  Esq.     Dated  Springfield,  Sept.  29,  1857. 

See  floor  case. 


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A.  Lincoln  to  O.  Bailey,  Esq.     Dated  Springfield,  Nov.  14.  1857. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  J.  W.  Brackett,  Esq.     Dated  Springfield,  Nov.  27,  1857. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  H.  C.  Whitney,  Esq.     Dated  Springfield,  Dec.  18,  1857. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  J.  K.  Dubois.     Dated  Bloomington,  Dec.  21,  1857. 

See  case  "Some  Letters  of  Mr.  Lincoln  prior  to  1860." 
A.  Lincoln  to  Hon.    Joseph    Gillespie.     Dated    Springfield,    Jan.    19, 

1858. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Hon.  Joseph  Gillespie.    Dated  Springfield,  Feb.  7,  1858. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Edward  G.   Miner,   Esq.     Dated   Springfield,   Feb.   19, 

1858. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Mark  Carley,  Esq.     Dated  Springfield,  Feb.  25,  1858 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  S.  A.  Hurlbut,  Esq.     Dated  Springfield,  June  1,  1858. 

(Incomplete.) 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Orville  H.  Browning.  Dated  Springfield,  June  22,  1858. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Henry  C.  Whitney.     Dated  Springfield,  June  24,  1858. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Henry  C.  Dummer,  Esq.     Dated  Springfield,   July  20, 

1858. 

See  case  "Lincoln-Douglas  Debates." 
A.  Lincoln  to  J.  T.  Eccles.     Dated  Springfield,  July  25,  1858.     Orig- 
inal owned  by  Frank  W.  Brown,  Peoria,  111. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Hon.    Joseph    Gillespie.     Dated    Springfield,    July    25, 

1858. 

See  case  "Lincoln-Douglas  Debates." 
A.  Lincoln  to  Stephen  A.  Douglas.     Dated  Springfield,  July  31,  1858. 

See  case  "Some  Letters  of  Mr.  Lincoln  prior  to  1860." 
A.  Lincoln  to  Hon.  Burton  C.  Cook.    Dated  Springfield,  Aug.  2,  1858. 

See  case  "Lincoln-Douglas  Debates." 
A.  Lincoln  to  Henry  C.  Whitney.     Dated  Springfield,  Aug.  2,  1858. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Henry  E.  Dummer.     Dated  Springfield,  Aug.  5.  1858. 

See  case  "Lincoln-Douglas  Debates." 
A.  Lincoln  to  Dr.  C.  H.  Ray  of  the  "Tribune."     Dated  Springfield, 

Nov.  20,  1858. 

See  case  "Lincoln-Douglas  Debates." 
A.  Lincoln  to  Dr.  B.  C.   Lundy.     Dated   Springfield,   Nov.  26,   1858. 

See  case  "Lincoln-Douglas  Debates." 
A.  Lincoln  to  Henry  C.  Whitney.     Dated  Springfield,  Nov.  30,  1858. 

See  case  "Some  Letters  of  Mr.  Lincoln  prior  to  1860." 


21 

A.  Lincoln  to  James  T.  Thornton,  Esq.     Dated  Springfield,   Dec.   2, 
185S.     Original  owned  by   the   Chicago   Historical   Society   from 
the  Geo.  H.  Himes  Collection,  Portland,  Oregon. 
See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Henry  C.  Whitney.     Dated  Springfield,  Dec.  25,  1858. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Mr.   W.   Delahay,   Esq.     Dated   Springfield,   March   4, 
1859. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Mr.  W.  Delahay  (marked  private).     Dated  Springfield, 
Oct.  17,  1859. 
See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Jesse  Pickrell.     Dated  Springfield,  Nov.  3,  1859. 

See  case  "The  Anti-Nebraska  Movement." 
A.  Lincoln  to  Hon.  Leonard  Swett.     Dated  Springfield,  Jan.  9,  1860. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Fernando  Jones.     Dated  Springfield,  Jan.  15,  1860. 

See  case  "Lincoln  and  the  Campaign  of  1860." 
A.  Lincoln  to  Mark  Delahay.     Dated  Springfield,  March  16,  1860. 

See  case  "Some  Letters  of  Mr.  Lincoln  prior  to  1860." 
A.  Lincoln  to  Hon.  Geo.  Ashmun.     Dated  Springfield,  May  25,  1860. 

See  case  "Lincoln  and  the  Campaign  of  1860." 
A.  Lincoln  to  Hon.  Leonard  Swett.    Dated  Springfield,  May  26,  1860. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Samuel   Haycraft.     Dated   Springfield,   May   28,   1860. 

See  case  "Some  Letters  of  Mr.  Lincoln  prior  to  1860." 
A.  Lincoln  to  Hon.  Leonard  Swett.  Dated  Springfield,  May  30,  1860. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Hon.  Leonard  Swett.     Dated  Springfield,  July  16, 1860. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Hon.  A.  Jones.     Dated  Springfield,  July  21,  1860, 

See  case  "Lincoln  and  the  Campaign  of  1860." 
A.  Lincoln  to  Thomas  Doney.     Dated  Springfield,  July  30,  1860. 

See  case  "Lincoln  and  the  Campaign  of  1860." 
A.  Lincoln  to  Hon.    George   G.    Fogg.     Dated    Springfield,    Aug.    16, 
1860. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Hon.   George  G.   Fogg.     Dated   Springfield,   Aug.   29, 
1860. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Hon.  N.   Sargent.     Dated  Springfield,   Sept.  20,   1860. 

See  case  "Lincoln  and  the  Campaign  of  1860." 
A.  Lincoln  to  Mrs.  M.  J.  Green.     Dated  Springfield,  Sept.  22,  1860. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln    to    Miss    Grace    Bedell.        (Marked    private.)        Dated 
Springfield,  October  19,  1860. 
See  case  "Lincoln  and  the  Campaign  of  1860." 
A.  Lincoln  to  J.  C.  Lee.        (Marked  confidential.)        Dated  Spring- 
field, October  24,  1860. 
See  case  "Lincoln  and  the  Campaign  of  1860." 


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A.  Lincoln  to  Geo.  T.  M.  Davis.     (Marked  confKlcntial.)     Dated 
Sprin-field,  Oct.  27,  18G0. 
See  case  "Lincoln  and  the  War  between  the  States." 

A.  Lincoln  to  Joshua  Speed.     Dated  Nov.  19,  1860. 
See  case  "Lincoln  and  the  Campaign  of  ISGO." 

A.  Lincoln  to  Henry  C.  Whitney.     Dated  Chicago,  Nov.  2G,  I860. 
See  floor  case. 

A.   Lincoln  to  Hon.  A.  H.  Stephens.     Dated  Springfield,  Dec.  22, 
1860. 

See  case  "Lincoln  and  the  Campaign  of  1860." 
A.  Lincoln  to  "Whom  it  may  concern".  Dated  Executive  Man- 
sion, March  7,  1861. 
See  floor  case. 

A.  Lincoln  to  the   Governor  of  the  State   of   Mississippi.      Dated 
Washington,  Alarch  16,  1861.     Original  in  the  New  York  Pub- 
lic Library. 
See  floor  case. 

A.  Lincoln  to  Jesse   K.   Dubois.      Dated  Washington,    March   30, 
1861. 
See  floor  case. 

A.  Lincoln  to  John  T.  Stuart.  Dated  Washington,  March  30,  1861. 
Original  owned  by  the  children  of  Mr.  Stuart  Brown,  who  are 
grandchildren  of  Major  John  T.  Stuart. 
See  floor  case. 

A.  Lincoln  to  Hon.  W.   H.   Seward.      Dated   Executive   Mansion, 
April  18,  1861. 
See  floor  case. 

A.  Lincoln  to  Col.  Mulligan.     Dated  May  17,  1861. 

See  case  "Lincoln  and  the  War  Between  the  States." 

A.  Lincoln  to  Hon.    J.  A.   McClernand.     Dated   Executive   Man- 
sion, May  21,  1861. 
See  floor  case. 

A.  Lincoln  to  the  parents  of  Elmer  E.  Ellsworth,  the  first  victim 
in  the  Civil  War.     Dated  Washington,  May  25,  3  861. 
See  case  "Lincoln  and  the  War  between  the  States." 

A.  Lincoln  to  Secretary  of  War  Stanton.     Dated  Executive  Man- 
sion, June   17,   1861.     Original   owned  by   Arthur   G.   Mitten, 
Goodland,  Lid. 
See  floor  case. 

A.  Lincoln  to  Hon.  Orville  H.  Browning.     Dated  Executive  Man- 
sion, July  20,  1861. 
See  floor  case. 

A.  Lincoln  to  Maj.  Ramsey.     Dated  Executive  IMansion,  Oct.  17, 
1861. 
See  case  "Lincoln  the  President." 

A.  Lincoln  to  William  H.   Herndon.     Dated   Executive  Mansion, 
Feb.  3,  1862. 
See  floor  case. 


2B 

A.  Lincoln    to    Michael    Crock,    Esq.       Dated    Executive    Mansion, 

April  2,  1862. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Lady  Villiers.     Dated  Executive  Mansion,  May  20, 

1862. 

See  case  "Lincoln  the  President." 
A.  Lincoln  to  Mary  L.  Booth.     Dated  Executive  Mansion,  Aug. 

1,  1862.    Original  in  the  New  York  Public  Library. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  James  N.  Brown,  Esq.     Dated  Executive  Mansion, 

Sept.    5,    1862.      Original    owned    by    Mr.    Latham    Souther, 

Springfield,  111. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Gov.  William  Sprague.     Dated  Executive  Mansion, 

Sept.  20,  1862.    From  Judd  Stewart  Collection. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Miss  Fanny  McCullough.     Dated  Executive  Man- 
sion, Dec.  23,  1862. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Calvin  Truesdale,  Esq.     Dated  Executive  Mansion, 

April  20,  1863. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Messrs.   J.   K.    Dubois   and   others.      Dated   Wash- 
ington, May  29,  1863. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Hon.  John  L.  Hancock.     Dated  Washington,  D.  C. 

June   26,    1863.      Original    owned   by    the    Chicago    Historical 

Society  from  the  F.  G.  Logan  Collection. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  James  C.  Conkling.     (Marked  private.)    Dated  War 

Department,  Washington,  D.  C,  August  27,  1863. 

See  case  "Lincoln  the  President." 
A.  Lincoln  to    the  Officers  of  the  Pacific  Railroad.    Dated  Execu- 
tive Mansion,  Oct.  16,  1863. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Hon.    Lyman    Trumbull.      Dated    Executive    Man- 
sion, Feb.   10,  1864.     Original  owned  by  Norman  G.   Flagg, 

Moro,  Illinois. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Hon.     Michael     Hahn,     Governor     of     Louisiana. 

Dated  Executive  Mansion,  March  13,  1864. 

See  case  "Lincoln  the  President." 
A.  Lincoln  to  Col.  Worthington.    Dated  Executive  Mansion,  Mch. 

31,  1864. 

See  floor  case. 
A.  Lincoln  to  Gen.    Grant.      His    God-speed    letter.      Dated    Ex- 
ecutive Mansion,  April  30,  1864. 

See  case  "Lincoln  and  the  War  between  the  States." 
A.  Lincoln  to  Major    General    McClernand.      Dated    Washington, 

July  30,  1864. 

See  floor  case. 


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A.  Lincoln.  Letter  of,  written  previous  to  the  presidential  elec- 
tion of  1864.  Dated  August  23,  1864,  expressing  his  belief 
that  he  will  be  defeated.  Across  the  back  of  which  he  asked 
his  cabinet  to  write  their  names,  but  whose  contents  he  did 
not  show  them  until  after  his  re-election. 
See  case  "Lincoln  the  President." 

A.  Lincoln  to  General   Hitchcock.     Dated  Washington,   Sept.  21, 
1864. 
See  floor  case. 

A.  Lincoln  to  Mrs.  Bixby,  wdiose  five  sons  gave  their  lives  to  the 
defense  of  the  Union.     Dated  Executive  Mansion,  Washing- 
ton, Nov.  21,  1864. 
See  case  "Lincoln  and  the  War  between  the  States." 

A.  Lincoln  to  E.  C.  Middleton.     Dated  Executive  Mansion,  Dec. 
30,  1864. 
See  floor  case. 

A.  Lincoln  to  Alexander    H.    Stephens.      Dated    Executive    Man- 
sion,  Feb.  10,   1865. 
See  case  "Lincoln  and  the  War  between  the  States." 

A.  Lincoln.     Letter   of,    concerning  pardon    of    Hiram     Hibbard. 
Dated  Executive  Mansion,  Feb.  24,  1865. 
See  case  "Lincoln  the  President." 

A.  Lincoln  to  Hon.  Charles  Sumner.     Dated  Executive  Mansion, 
March  5,  1865. 
See  floor  case. 

A.  Lincoln  to  Lieutenant  General  Grant.     Dated   Head  Quarters 
Armies  of  the  United  States,  April  7,  1865. 
See  floor  case. 

A.  Lincoln  to  Major  General  Weitzel.     Dated  War  Department, 
Washington,  April  12,  1865. 
See  floor  case. 

LETTERS    CONNECTED  WITH  THE  LIFE  OF  LINCOLN. 

H.  Dodge  to  General  Henry  Atkinson.     Dated  1832. 

See  case  "Lincoln  in  the  Black  Hawk  War." 
Brig.-Gen.  T.  M.  Neale  to  Gov.  John  Reynolds.     (No  date). 

See  case  "Lincoln  in  the  Black  Hawk  War." 
Benj.  Kellogg,  Jr.  to  A.  Lincoln.    Dated  Pekin,  111.,  April  4,  1848. 

See  floor  case. 
Mrs.  Lincoln  to  Hon.  Orville  H.  Browning.     Dated  Chicago,  Sept. 

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See  case  "Marriage  and  Domestic  Life  of  Abraham  Lincoln." 
Mrs.  Lincoln  to  Mr.  Lincoln.     (No  date). 

See  case  "Marriage  and  Domestic  Life  of  Abraham  Lincoln." 
Stephen  A.  Douglas  to  Rev.  W.  S.  Prentice.     Dated  Washington, 

Dec.  5,  1860.     Patriotic  letter  written  on  the  eve  of  the  Civil 

War. 

See  case  "Lincoln  and  the  Campaign  of  1860." 


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Alexander  H.  Stephens.     Letter  of,  certifying  as  to  the  genuine- 
ness of  A.  Lincohi's  letter  dated  Feb.  10,  1865. 
See  case  "Lincoln  and  the  War  between  the  States." 

Mrs.    Lincoln    to    Oueen   Victoria.      Dated   Washington,    May   21, 
1865. 
See  floor  case. 

MUSIC. 

Instrumental  Music  In   Honor  of  Abraham   Lincoln. 

"Lincoln's  Funeral  March."     By  E.  C.  Davis,  St.  Louis,  Balmer  & 

Weber.     1875. 
"We   Mourn   our   Country's   Loss."      Composed    and    respectfully 

dedicated  to   Mrs.   Abraham   Lincoln  by    Augustus    Buechel, 

New  York,  P.  A.  Wundermann.     1865. 
"President    Lincoln's    Funeral    March."      Composed   by    E.    Mack. 

Boston,  Oliver  Ditson  and  Co.     1865. 
"Rest,  Spirit,  Rest."     By  E.  Hoffman,  New  York.     Wm.  A.  Pond 

&  Co.     1865. 
"Abraham  Lincoln's  Funeral  March."     Comp.  by  W.  J.  Robjohn. 

1865.     Detroit,  J.  Henry  Whittemore. 
"A  Funeral  March."     (In  Memory  of  President  Lincoln.)     By  John 

K.  Paine,  New  York,  Beer  and  Schirmer.     1865. 
"Three  Songs  without  Words."     By  Karl  Formes,  Chicago,  Root 

and  Cady.     1865. 
"Lincoln  Schottish"  (Gems  of  the  Ball  Room.)     Comp.  by  D.  C. 

Roberts,  Chicago.     H.  M.  Higgins.     1865. 
"Marche   Funebre"    (Funeral   March.)      Performed   at   the   funeral 

of   Abraham    Lincoln.      Music   by   Donizetti.      Boston,    Oliver 

Ditson  &  Co.  n.d. 
"The  Martyred  Patriot."     Grand  Funeral  March  performed  on  the 

reception  of  the  remains  of  Abraham  Lincoln  at  Philadelphia, 

April   22,    1865.      By   J.    W.    Porter.      1865.      Philadelphia,   J. 

Marsh. 
"Requiem."     By   George  William  Warren.     New   York,   Wm.  A. 

Pond  &  Co.     1865. 

Vocal  Music  in  Honor  of  Abraham  Lincoln. 

"Oh!  Speak  to  me  once  more!"    Boston,  G.  D.  Russell  &  Co.   1865. 

Written  by  W.  Dexter  Smith,  Jr.     Music  by  Henri  Cromwell. 
"Our  Noble  Chief  has  passed  away."     New  York,  Wm.  A.  Pond  & 

Co.     1865.     Words  by  Geo.  Cooper.     Music  by  J.  R.  Thomas. 
"We  are  coming  Father  Abraham,  three  hundred  thousand  more." 

Boston,  Russell  &  Patee.     1863.     Set  to  music  by  P.  S.  Gil- 
more. 
"Liberty's  Call"  or  "Hurrah  for  Abe  and  Andy."     Boston,  Oliver 

Ditson  and   Co.   n.d.     Words   by   W.    S.    Blanchard.      Music   by 

L.  B.   Starkweather. 
"Our  Country's  Flag."     Poetry  and  music  by  G.  Gumpert.     Arr. 

for  piano  by  F.  Losse.     Pub.  Philadelphia,  G.  Andre  &  Co. 

1861. 


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"We'll   fight   for  Uncle  Abe."     Boston.   Oliver  Ditson   &   Co.     1863. 

Words   by   C.   E.   Pratt.     Melody   by  J.   K.   Campbell.     Arr.   by 

Fred  Buckley. 
"Washington  and  Lincoln."'       Chicago,  Root  and  Cady.       1864. 

Words  and  music  by  Henry  C.  Work. 
"Oh!  Why  should  the  spirit  of  mortal  be   proud?"     President   Lin- 
coln's favorite  poem.     Music  comp.  by  C.  Everest.     ]S()5. 
"Farewell    Father,    Friend    and     Guardian."     Cleveland.     S.    Brain- 

ard's  Sons.     1865.       Words    by    L.    M.    Dawn.       Music  by  Geo. 

F.  Root. 
President's   Hymn.     Song    and    chorus.     Boston,    Oliver    Ditson    & 

Co.     1863.     Words  by  Dr.  ^luhlenberg.     Music  by  J.  W.  Tur- 
ner. 
"The  Nation  in  Tears."       Pub.  New  York.       Wm.  Jennings  Demor- 

est,  n.d.     Words  by  R.  C.     Music  by  Konrad  Trener. 
"Pleyels  Hymn."     Sung  at  Abraham  Lincoln's  Funeral.       This  sheet 

of  music  was  used  on  that  occasion  bv  a  member  of  the  choir 

under  direction  of  H.  H.  Beecher. 
Jubilee   Anthem.     "Our    Lincoln's    Act."       Quartette,     n.  d.     Words 

by  R.  M.  Benjamin.     Music  by  Reuben  M.  Price. 
"Requiem."     To   the    Memory   of    Abraham    Lincoln,   the    Champion 

of   Universal   Liberty,   by   M.   Keller.        Boston,    Henry   Tolman 

&  Co.  n.d. 
"Young   Eph's   Jubilee."     Pub.  Root  &  Cady,  Chicago,     n.d.     Words 

by  J.  B.  Murphy,  Esq.     Music  by  Wm.  H.  Brockway. 
"Nomination  Song."       Pub.  Chicago,  H.  M.   Higgins.     n.d.     Words 

by  Charles  Haynes.     Music  by  James  Edwards  Haynes. 
"Freedom's    Call."     Campaign    Song.        Pub.     Russell     &     Tolman, 

Washington  and  Boston.     1860.     Music  by  Karl  Cora. 
"We    See    the    Break    of    Day."     Campaign    vSong.     Pub.    Russel    & 

Tolman,  Washington  and  Boston.       1860.       Music  by  Karl  Cora. 
"Vote    for   Abraham."       Campaign    Song   of    '64.     By  Union.     Pub. 

Burlington,  Vt.,  H.  L.  Story. 
"Campaign    Song    for    Abraham    Lincoln."       1864.       Pub.    Chicago, 

H.   M.   Higgins.     Words   by   Charles   Haynes.     Music   by   J.    E. 

Haynes. 
"Hold  on  Abraham."     By  Wm.  B.  Bradbury.       Pub.  Wm.  A.  Pond 

&  Co.,  N.  Y.     n.d. 
"  'Tis   Finished !"   or  "Sing   Hallelujah."        Pub.   Chicago,    Root   and 

Cady.     1865.     Words  and  Music  by  Henry  C.  Work. 
"Give  us  just  another  Lincoln."     Hawley,  Haviland  &  Co.       Words 

and  music  by  Paul  Dresser,     n.d. 
"Our  Nation's   Captain."       Words  by   Charles   Haynes.        Music  by 

Edward  Haynes. 
"The  President's  Hymn."     Pub.  Boston,  Oliver  Ditson  &  Co.     1863. 

Words  by  Dr.  Muhlenburg.     Music  bv  J.  W.  Turner. 
"Abraham's  Tea  Party."     Pub.  Firth,  Son  &  Co.,  N.  Y.     1864.     Song 

and  chorus  by  J.  H.  McNaughton. 
"Uncle  Abram.  Bully  for  You!"  Pub.  Chicago,   H.   M.   Higgins. 

1862.     Song  and  chorus  by  G.  R.  Lampard. 


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"Abraham's  Covenant."     Chicajio,  H.  M.  Higgins.     1862.     Words 

and  Music  by  A.  Bert  Tobey. 
"The  Union  Wagon."     Pub.  Boston,  Oliver  Ditson  and  Co.     Music 

by  Judson  and  Asa.    As  sung  by  the  Hutchinson  family,  Tribe 

of  Asa. 
"Abraham  Lincohi,  the  People's  Advent."     Chicago,  H.  M.  Hig- 

gins.     186-1.     Words  by  Gerald  Massey.     Music  by  James  G. 

Clark. 
"Old  Honest  Abe  for  ^le."     Pub.  New  York,  Firth,  Pond  &  Co. 

1860.    Song  and  chorus  by  G.  D.  S. 
"A  Nation  Mourns  Her  Martyr'd  Son."     Pub.  Philadelphia.     Sep. 

Winner.     1865.     Words  by  Alice  Hawthorne.     ]\lusic  by  Sep. 

Winner. 
"Enjolras",  The  Song  of  the  Patriot.     Pub.  D.  P.  Faulds,  Louis- 
ville,   Ky.      Written    and    composed    by    Edmundus    Scotus, 

R.  Q.  S.    Arr.  piano  b}^  George  Zoeller. 
"In  Memorium."    Pub.  Cincinnati,  John  Church,  Jr.     1865.    Words 

by  Wm.  P.  Fox.     Music  by  Francis  AVoolcott. 
"Rest,  Noble  Chieftain."    Pub.  Philadelphia,  Lee  &  Walker.    1865. 

Song  by  C.  Archer. 
"Rest,  Martyr,  Rest."     Chicago,  H.  M.  Higgins.     1865.    Words  by 

Jas.  E.  Glass.    Music  bv  Geo.  P.  Grafif. 
"A  Nation  Mourns  her  Chief."     Pub.  St.  Louis,  Balmer  &  Weber. 

1865.    Words  and  music  by  H.  S.  Thompson. 
"The  Death   Knell   is  Tolling."     Chicago,   Lyon   &  Healy.     1865. 

Words  by  Hon.  H.  H.  Cody.     Alusic  by  J.  F.  Fargo. 
"A  Nation  Weeps."     Dirge.     Boston,  Oliver  Ditson  and  Co.     1865. 

Words  and  Music  by  J.  W.  Turner. 
"Live  but  one  Moment."     Ballad.     Boston,  Henry  Tolman  &  Co. 

1865.    Poetry  and  music  by  J.  W.  Turner. 
"In  Memoriam."     Chicago.  Merrill  &  Brennan.     1865.     Words  by 

Mrs.  E.  J.  Bugbee.  '  Music  by  H.  T.  Merrill. 
"In  Memoriam  Abraham   Lincoln."     Pub.   New  York,  Wm.   Hall 

&  Son.     1865.     Words  by  W.  Dexter  Smith,  Jr.     Music  by  M. 

Keller. 
"Lincoln's  Grave."    New  York,  Wm.  A.  Pond  &  Co.    1865.    Words 

and  music  by  I.  W.  Gongler. 
President's    Hymn.      "Give    thanks,    all    ve    people."      New    York, 

Wm.  A.  Pond  &  Co.     Words  by  Rev.  Dr.  Wm.  A.  Muhlen- 
berg.    1861.     Music  by  Edward  S.  Cummings  and  A.  C.  Grit- 

terson. 
"Emancipation."      Boston,    Oliver   Ditson    &    Co.      No    composers 

given,     n.  d. 
"When  will  dis  cruel  war  be  ober  and  gib  us  darkies  rest."     Chi- 
cago,   H.    M.    Higgins.      1863.     Words    and    music   by    Frank 

Howard. 
"I'se  on  de  way."     Chicago,  Root  and  Cady.     1864.    Arr.  and  com- 
posed by  Wurzel. 
"  '63  is  the  Jubilee."    Pub.  Root  and  Cady,  Chicago.    1863.    Words 

by  J.  L.  Greene.     Music  by  D.  A.  French. 


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"De  day  ob  Liberty's  comin'."  Chicago,  Root  and  Cady.  1S62. 
Words  and  music  by  G.  F.  Wurzel. 

"Young-  Eph's  Lament."  St.  Louis.  Endres  &  Compton.  1863. 
Written  by  J.  B.  Murphy.     Sung  by  S.  S.  Purdy. 

"That's  what  the  niggers  then  will  do."  Boston,  Oliver  Ditson  & 
Co.  1865.  Words  by  Tom  Russell.  Music  by  Geo.  H.  Bar- 
ton. 

"Away  goes  Cuffee"  or  "Hooray  for  '63."  Boston,  Oliver  Ditson 
&  Co.     1863.     Words  and  music  by  L.  B.  Starkweather. 

"Year  of  Jubilee"  or  "Kingdom  has  Come."  By  "Sambo."  Chi- 
cago, H.  M.  Higgins.     1862. 

"Little  Tad."  Boston,  Oliver  Ditson  and  Co.  1865.  Words  and 
music  by  J.  W.  Turner. 


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Abraham  Lincoln. 
Abraham  Lincoln. 
Abraham  Lincoln. 
Abraham  Lincoln. 
Abraham  Lincoln. 
Abraham  Lincoln. 
Abraham  Lincoln. 


Profile.     By  Alexander  Hessler.     1860. 

Full  Face.     Bv  Alexander  Hessler,  1860. 

By  William  Edgar  Marshall.     1866. 

By   John  H.  Littlefield. 

By  Leonard  W.  Volk. 

By  Max  Rosenthal. 

Unknown   artist.     In   Brooklyn   Institute   of 
Arts  and  Sciences. 
Abraham  Lincoln.     By  Rice  and  Allen.     Chicago,  111. 
Abraham  Lincoln.     Engraved  by  John  Sartain,  N.  Y.     (Original.) 
Abraham  Lincoln.     By  J.  E.  Baker. 

Profile.     By  Thomas  Johnson,  New  York. 

Profile.     By  Thomas  Johnson,  New  York. 

By  J.  L.  Hempstead. 

By  J.  L.  Hempstead. 

By  Dunlap. 

By  C.  S.  Germon,  Springfield,  111. 

(Head.)     By  M.  Bachmann. 

(Standing.)      Etching  by  Otto  Schneider. 

(Seated.)     Etching  by  Timothy  Cole. 

Single  line  Portrait.     By  T.  Fleming  &  Co., 


Abraham  Lincoln. 
Abraham  Lincoln. 
Abraham  Lincoln. 
Abraham  Lincoln. 
Abraham  Lincoln. 
Abraham  Lincoln. 
Abraham  Lincoln. 
Abraham  Lincoln. 
Abraham  Lincoln. 
Abraham  Lincoln. 

Boston. 
Abraham  Lincoln. 

lamation. 
Abraham  Lincoln. 
Abraham  Lincoln. 
Abraham  Lincoln. 

Berea,  Ky. 
Abraham  Lincoln.     Early    portrait. 

known. 


Seated,  hand  on  table.     Emancipation  Proc- 

Head.     By  J.  Gibson. 

The  Wood-Chopper.     By  C.  M.  Coolidge. 

Youth.     From    Painting    at    Berea    College, 


Smooth    face.      Artist    un- 


26.  Abraham  Lincoln.  Early    portrait.      Smooth    face.      Artist    un- 

known. 

27.  Abraham  Lincoln.  Early  portrait.     Artist  unknown. 

28.  Abraham  Lincoln.  By  P.  P.  Coy. 


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29.  Abraham  Lincoln.     Standing.     By  J.  C.  Buttre. 

30.  Abraham  Lincohi.     Engraving  by  WilHam   Sartain.     Phila.,   Pa. 

31.  Abraham  Lincohi.     Standing.     Cooper    Institute    Speech.       En- 

graved by  Pond  and  Photographed  by  Brady. 

32.  Abraham  Lincoln,  Sixteenth  President  of  the  United  States.   En- 

graved by  Bridgman  and  Fanning. 

33.  Abraham  Lincoln,  Sixteenth    President    of    the    United    States. 

Currier  and  Ives. 

34.  Abraham  Lincoln,  Sixteenth    President    of    the    United    States. 

Currier  and  Ives.     Pub.  by  Kimmel  and  Forster,  New  York. 

35.  Abraham  Lincoln,  Autobiography    of,    sent    to    Jesse    Fell.     By 

James  R.  Osgood. 

36.  Abraham  Lincoln.     Family,  showing  three  sons.     Pub.  by  J.  C. 

Buttre.  N.  Y. 

37.  Abraham  Lincoln.     Family,  showing  three  sons.     By  William  C. 

Robertson. 

38.  Abraham  Lincoln.     Family,    showing    two    sons.     Engraved    by 

William  Sartain,  Philadelphia.     Pub.  by  Bradley  &  Co. 

39.  Abraham  Lincoln.     Family,  showing  two  sons.    By  A.  B.  Walter. 

40.  Abraham  Lincoln  and  Tad.     Engraved  by  A.  D.  Walters.   After 

a  photograph  from  life. 

41.  Abraham  Lincoln.     Birthplace,    Hodgenville,   Ky.     By   John    H. 

Hauberg,  Rock  Island,  111. 

42.  Abraham  Lincoln,  Home  of,  in  Indiana.     By  C.  Rost. 

43.  Abraham  Lincoln.  Home  of,  in  Indiana.     Engraved  by  R.  Hin- 

shelwood. 

44.  Abraham  Lincoln,  Home  of.     By  John  McRae,  New  York. 

45.  Abraham  Lincoln.      Illinois  Home.     By  George  H.  Simpson,  De- 

catur, 111. 

46.  Abraham  Lincoln,  Home  of,  Springfield,  Illinois.     1S60.     By  L. 

Prang  &  Co.,  Boston,  Mass. 

47.  Abraham  Lincoln,  Home  of,  Springfield,    Illinois.      Lincoln    on 

horseback.     Pub.   by  William   F.   Staines.     Engraved   by  E. 
Bross. 

48.  Abraham  Lincoln,  Home  of,  Springfield,    111.      Mr.    Lincoln    on 

horseback   (shows  colored  boy)    1865.     By  Alfred  Storev  & 
Co. 

49.  Abraham  Lincoln.     First  Inauguration,  1861. 

50.  Abraham  Lincoln.     Second  Inauguration,  1865. 

51.  Abraham  Lincoln.     Proclamation  of  Emancipation.     Tinted  pho- 

tograph.    By  L.  M.  Rosenthal. 

52.  Abraham  Lincoln.     Proclamation  and  pen  sketch. 

53.  Abraham  Lincoln  reading  his  proclamation  to  his  cabinet.     En- 

graved by  Ritchie. 

54.  Abraham  Lincoln.     Reception  at  White  House,   1865.     Pub.  by 

Frank  Leslie,  N.  Y. 

55.  Abraham  Lincoln.     The  Latest  Photograph  of  President  Lincoln, 

1865.     By  H.  F.  Warren,  Massachusetts. 

56.  Abraham  Lincoln.     From  the  official  painting  by  F.  B.  Carpenter. 

Etching  by  Halpin. 


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57.  Lincoln-Douglas   Debate  at   Freeport,   Illinois,  August   37.   1S58. 

This  exhibit  prepared  by  the  Women's  Club,   Freeport,  111., 
1917. 

58.  Lincoln-Douglas  Debate,  Charleston,  Illinois,  September  18.  1858. 

From  oil  painting  by  Robert  M.   Root,   Shelbyville,   Illinois. 
Original  oil  painting  in  Capitol  Building,  Springfield,  111. 

59.  Abraham  Lincoln  and  General  McClellan.     By  Watts. 

60.  Abraham  Lincoln  and  General  John   A.   McClernand. 

61.  Abraham  Lincoln  and  his  Generals.     Copyright  by  the  Notman 

Photo  Co.,  Boston,  Mass. 

62.  Abraham  Lincoln.     Battlefield  of  Antietam.     Lincoln  and  Allen 

Pinkerton  before  tent. 

63.  Abraham  Lincoln  at  Gettysburg. 

64.  Lincoln  and  Seward  signing  Proclamation  of  Freedom.     Currier 

&  Ives,  1863. 

65.  Abraham  Lincoln — The  Nation's  Martyr.    Assassinated  April  14, 

1865.  By  Currier  and  Ives. 

66.  Abraham  Lincoln.     Deathbed  scene.     By  Currier  and  Ives. 

67.  Abraham  Lincoln.     Deathbed  scene.     By  John  H.  Littlefield. 

68.  Abraham  Lincoln  and  his  pallbearers.     (Crude  picture.) 

69.  Abraham  Lincoln — The  Martyr  Victorious.    Pub.  by  W.  H.  Her- 

mans. 

70.  Lincoln  and  Washington,   Father  and   Savior   of    Our   Country. 

By  James  F.  Bodtker. 

71.  Abraham  Lincoln.     To  the  Memory  of  Abraham  Lincoln.    (Tint- 

ed.)    Pub.  by  A.  Bancroft,  Philadelphia,  Pa.     1865. 

72.  Abraham  Lincoln  Monument,  Oak  Ridge  Cemciery,  Springfield, 

Illinois. 

73.  Abraham  Lincoln  and  Hannibal  Hamlin.    (Colored.)    Currier  and 

Ives. 

74.  Abraham  Lincoln  and  ^Andrew  Johnson.     (Colored.)     Currier  and 

Ives.     1864. 

75.  Abraham  Lincoln,  St.   Gauden's   Statue  of,   Lincoln   Park,   Chi- 

cago, 111. 

76.  "Union."     Pub.  by  William  Pate,  New  York.     Engraved  bv  H. 

S.  Sadd. 

77.  Abraham   Lincoln   at  General  Grant's  headquarters.   City    Point, 

Va.,  March,  1865. 

SCULPTURE. 

Head  of  Lincoln  by  David  Edstrom  of  Los  Angeles,  loaned  through  the 
courtesy  of  Mr.  Hariy  Chandler,  owner  of  the  Los  Angeles  Times. 
Life  mask  and  hands  of  Lincoln.     By  Leonard  W.  Volk. 

RELICS. 

Lincoln  Medals. 

Ellsworth  and   Civil  War   Envelopes. 
Lincoln  profile,  plaster  cast  on  wood. 
Small  Lincoln  easel,  of  copper. 
Metal,  heart  shaped,  home  of  Lincoln. 


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Bust  of  Lincoln  carved  on  wood  and  copied  in  plaster.  By  J.  W. 
Gain. 

Framed  Notice.  "Little  Church  Round  the  Corner."  The  orig- 
inal printed  notice  issued  for  the  Funeral  Ceremonies  of  Presi- 
dent  Lincoln. 

Yellow  Stub;  Five  Dollar  Bill;  Bill  for  Ford's  Theatre,  April  14, 
1865,   on  background  of  wood. 

Republican  Ticket.  From  F.  Nordstrom,  Maiden,  Mass.,  written 
on  back  of  ticket. 

Republican  National  Ticket.  For  President — Abraham  Lincoln, 
For  Vice  Pres. — Hannibal  Hamlin,  and  Presidential  Electoral 
Ticket. 

Ohio  Union  Presidential  Ticket.  For  President — Abraham  Lin- 
coln, For  Vice  President — Andrew  Johnson,  and  list  of  elec- 
tors. 

Unconditional  Union  Ticket.  For  President — Abraham  Lincoln, 
For  Vice  President — Andrew  Johnson,  also  Electors  at  Large, 
and  State  Electors. 

Unconditional  Union  Ticket.  In  red  and  blue  print.  Same  list 
of  candidates  as  above. 

Presidential  Ticket,  containing  list  of  candidates  for  President, 
(A.  Lincoln),  Vice  President  (Hannibal  Hamlin),  Electors, 
Governor,  Lieut.  Governor,  Secretary  of  State,  etc. 

Card.    Border  of  black.    "In  memory  of  Abraham  Lincoln."    Poem. 

Photograph  of  Isaac  R.  Ostrom  of  Greenfield,  Greene  Co.,  111.,  and 
badge  worn  by  him  at  Convention  that  first  nominated  Lin- 
coln for  President.     Lincoln's  photo  attached. 

Card,  border  of  black,  has  picture  of  Lincoln.  "In  Memoriam." 
Birth  and  death  dates. 

Badge.  National  Union  Club,  with  red,  white,  blue  and  black 
ribbon. 

Badge.  "We  mourn  the  Nation's  loss."  Abraham  Lincoln,  April 
15,  1865. 

Badge.     Committee  for  reception  of  remains.    In  Black  and  White. 

Badge.  Black  ribbon,  with  small  picture  of  Lincoln  and  eagle 
pin. 

Badge.  Black  and  white  ribbon.  Pin  has  small  picture  of  Lin- 
coln. 

Badge.     In  frame,  of  black  and  white  ribbon. 

Badge.  On  white  paper.  Of  red,  white  and  blue  ribbon.  Worn 
by  Aid.  D.  Butler,  April  22,  1865. 

Badges.     Two  badges  on  white  paper.     Worn  at   the   funeral  of 

Abraham  Lincoln. 
Campaign  dress  made  of  blue  cambric,  1860. 

Silk  sash  worn  by  Orville  H.  Browning  at  Lincoln's  funeral  in 
Washington,  D.  C. 

Large  metal  placque  of  Lincoln's  bust. 

Round  badge.     Blue   ribbon,  black   center. 

Round  badge.     Red,  dark  blue,  white  star. 


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Foot  warmer.  Marked  "A.  L."  ]842.  Found  in  the  loft  of  the 
Old  Presbyterian  church,  S.  E.  corner  3d  and  Washington, 
Springfield,  where   Mr.   Lincoln   and   family  attended   service. 

Head  of  Lincoln.  Made  of  estimated  $5,000  bank  notes,  redeemed 
and  macerated  at  the  Treasury,  Washington,  D.  C.  Background 
made  from  the  baseboard  and  lath  from  Lincoln's  Home. 

Grocery  store  of  Berry  &  Lincoln,  New  Salem,  111.  Wood  cut  from 
the  counter  of  the  store. 

Skirt  of  Mrs.  Lincoln's  wedding  gown.  This  dress  had  been  worn  by 
Mrs.  Frances  Wallace,  the  sister  of  Mrs.  Lincoln  on  the  occasion 
of  her  marriage,  which  occurred  some  time  previovis  to  the  mar- 
riage of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lincoln.  As  the  plans  for  the  marriage 
were  hastily  arranged,  and  the  marriage  took  place  on  short  notice, 
Mrs.  Wallace  loaned  her  wedding  dress  of  white  brocaded  satin 
to  her  sister.  It  is  the  property  of  Mrs.  Walter  L.  Patteson  of 
Springfield,  Illinois,  a  grand-daughter  of  Mrs.  Wallace. 


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